Car-coupling.



No. 894,534. A PATENTED JULY 28, 1908.` W. P. RICHARDS. l

CAR COUPLING.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.6.1906.

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I im" No. 894,534. y PATENTED JULYza, 1908.

' W. P. RICHARDS;

' GAR GOUPLING.

f APPLICATION FILED DEO.6.1906.

`2 SHEETS-SHEET Ming sses: {vin/@Mx fm' ,'Qpwa M7 nnrrnn s'rfirrns WILLARD F. RICHARDS, 0F BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO GOULD .rkrnnr onirica.

OOUlLER COMPANY 'VOF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

CAR-COUPLING- This invention relates more articularly to ear couplers of the Master Car uilders type, which 'have a liorizontally-swinging knuckle, a lock for holding the knuckle closed. or in position to hold the cooperating coupler, means for operating the lock to release the knuckle, and a kicker or device, alsoiactuated by the locleoperating means, for swinging the knuckle open when released, ready for.

coupling with another coupler.

The object of the invention is toproduee an ellicient and desirable coupler composed of the minimum number of parts which are constructed 'and arranged to the best ads vantage for simplicity and strength and can be economically manufactured and assembile/d. L

ln the accompanying drawings, consisting ol two sheets: Figure l` is a side elevation, partly in section, inline 1-1, Fig. 2, of a car coupler embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional plan thereof in line 'Tl-2, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional elevation in line 3-3, Fig. 2, showing the lock and kicker lever. Fig. 4 is a tr'ansverse sectional elevation of the coupler, on an enlarged scale, in line ie-4, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a front elevation thereoffon an enlarged scale, the knuckle being removed.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures. v

A represents the coupler head, and B the knuckle which, as usual, is pivoted to one side of the head, by a vertical pin b, or other ordinaryl means, and'is provided with the usual tail b adapted to extend into the head to engage the lock C. The knuckle, and coupler head also, except as hereinafter speci-A lied, may be el" any usual or suitable construction.

specification or Letters recent.

Patented July 28, 1908.

Application filed Deibr 1906. 5 Serial No. 346,640.

i tendin inwardly from the top and bottoni l of the cad, by which, together with a stein c4 l extending rearwardlyr from the lock through l, a hole in a lugw5 in the head, the lockv is guided. As ring d surrounds the lock stein between the 1rbody lug c5 for throwing the lock. forwardly into locking position the head and the tail of the knuckle, shown in Fig. 2. ln coupling, the tail of the knuckle Vstrikes the lock moving it rearwardly, and when it passes the; lock, the latter is thrown. forwardly by its spring and locks the knuckle. The lock can be` readily slipped into place in the head through an opening e, in the front wall `of the head.

F represents a lever for operating the lock. This lever is arranged outside of' the head at the side adjacent .to the lock and is pivoted in any suitableway to swing horizontally, for instance, the lever is located between two yof the usual exterior strengthening ribs of the head and fulcruined on a vertical pivot pin. f passing through holes in said ribs and. the lever. Oner end of the lever a hole f in the sidewall c of the 'head into a recess f2 in the lock, so that by swinging the outer end of the lever' forwardly its inne-r end will shove the lock rearwardly against the action of its s ring, .beyond the tail of the knuckle to re ease the knuckle. The fon ward swing of the inner end of the operating lever is limited by the engagement thereof with the front edge of the hole j" through which the lever enters the head, so that the lever constitutes. a stop to limit the forward niovementAof the lock and revent its displacement or removal from t ie head except by first detaching and withdrawing the op erati'ng lever` The o ierating lever can de connected to'auy usual actuating means (not shown).

Gr represents the kicker or kiiuckle-opening lever.. This is arranged in the head in rear of the ltail of the knuckle. trally on a suitable vertical pivot or pin g in the head to swing horizontally, with one end 'lhe lock, which slides horizontally for bearing against the tail of the knuckle while wai-diy and rearwardly in. the'head into and the knuckle,bears against 'the longitudinal side wall c of the head and has top and bottom longitudinal guide projections c, Figs. .l and 5, which engage and slide between said side walland oppositel parallel ribs cL c3 exthe other end projects toward the lock, terof a lateral shoulder g l thereon so located at or near the l'ront end of l the adjacent side of the lock that it will not l. strike the kicker ler er until the lock has been .moved rearwardly l'ar enough lo clear the. l tail of the knuckle, but will then engage llle between the side wall c ofprojects through ,y

lt is pivoted een li ll lll) kicker lever end under the continued rear- Werd movement of the look by its operating lever will swing the kicker lever and` open the knuckle` A springectuated lock sliding longitudinally in head to loci'A and release the knuckle, and e kicker .lever operatingP to open the knuckle are not new, but the described omistruotioj` of the look and relative arrangement oi' thesame with the kicker lever and the operatinglever, which also forms a stop ior the lock, is novel and makes e very simple and desirable construction. All of the parts are located compactly in the head of the coupler and. there are no connecting links, pins or other .small and frail parts whioh can be readily' bro en or get out of order.

claim as my invention:

i.. in a cer Coupler, the combination oi a head, a knuckle, a knuckle lock arranged to slide the head, a look-operating lever pivoted exteriorlyon the heed at one side ofthe lock. with one end extending through a hole in the Weil of the head infront of a portion of the lock7 and a kicker lever fulcrumed in the head at the opposite side of the lock with one end arranged to bear against the ,knuckle and the other end in rear or' a portioii of the lock to be engaged thereby, substantially as sot forth.'

2. In a car coupler, the combination of a head, a knuckle, a knuckle lock nrralwed iu the head against one side wall thereof, said lock having top and bottom guide projections, and u between whici and said side wall said projections onthe lock engage to guide the lock, the front Wall of the head having a hole through which the lock can he inserted into the head, and means for operating the lock, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand, this 28th day of Novelliber, 1906.

WILLARD F. RICHARDS.

Witnesses C. `W. PARKER, C. B. HoRNnnoK.

er and lower ribs in said head 

